@Bi, Desiree, Liliana - V/T alternative plus 1 --- It does not matter too much, because Romanian is not a language of international use (only two countries have it as an official language), but I ought to note that we have a third option.

As a Romance language, Romanian also has the V/T (dumneavoastră / tu) ways, but there is another one, an intermediate formula: "dumneata".

It is used when one of the interlocutors is "entitled" to use "tu" (by virtue of higher rank, age, education etc.) but s/he prefers to be more polite, while keeping a certain distance.

In the past, "dumneata" was also used when courting someone, before becoming familiar enough for "tu". At present, seemingly, courting is no longer needed to begin a ... romance. People are more straightforward (nota bene: this is an euphemism) and "dumneata" is less needed.

Source author: Petru Dumitriu PetruD@diplomacy.edu